Cognos Interview Questions, Answers for Freshers and Experienced asked in various Company Job Interviews

Cognos Interview Questions

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What is the Main Difference between Conditional Block and Render Variable in Cognos. Both are used for Condtional rendering.But what is the Main Diff?

Wipro,

4 38896

While running the reports how can we hide totals if the users doesnot requie it?

Satyam,

3 6749

what is the difference between aggregation and role up aggregation ?

Systime,

1 5105

i have one file i saved in csv how can i take these file into framework manager

2079

is cognos 7 is better than cognos 8

TCS,

2161

How many types of models are present in cognos.?

4 11152

what is stitched query???

IBM,

2 6342

what is Galaxy schema??

IBM, iGate, Wipro,

2 8814

My report output is showing data as 1 11 111 2 22 222 3 33 333 How can I sort this to 1 2 3 11 22 33 111 222 333

1 4186

1)diff between shortcut-key and alias table? 2)what is unit testing? 3)what is scorecard?

Mphasis, TCS,

3564

How to limit the cut,copy and paste operations for an user in reportlevel? Can anyone please send me the steps as i am new to cognos?

Accenture,

2564

can anybody send me interview questions with answers on IBM cognos-FM and Report studio. My mail ID is: cskcognos@gmail.com

1 5451

In how many ways we can apply the security to a cube in Transformer? Explain?

Wipro,

1 5368

There are some reports,we have to provide security to that reports like the hr manager should have access to hr department reports only and the accountant should have access to accounts reports where as the CEO can have access to all the reports. How to deal with this situation using Cognos?

BitWise,

2 9342

Wht is difference between content store and content manager?

Satyam, Tech Mahindra,

2 20869

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Can you define a catalog and types of catalogs in cognos?

1056

Can you define drill across?

973

Can you define set to be cardinality?

1009

What is the difference between Section and Section using Master/Detail in Cognos 8 Report Studio? I tried these both options many times on lists and crosstabs, but dint find any difference. So please give the answer in detail with example.

4580

where you can save the report net documentation in our local system?

1045

Can you define cognos decision stream?

990

What is the information present in the cognos configuration file?

955

How the Bursting happens in same report and how to Print the bursting Report?

1861

what is online view?

1935

------------- How to identify the Revenue Column in Report?

2383

what is the diff. between a link n a union? what is a custom view? what is the use of unlocking a report ? plz answer to these

2019

actually 2 members working in same module.at a time is possible to work on same module? i add some tables,another person also add some tables how the synchronization betn the two in same module? pls ans me and expain to me.....

1694

Can you explain cognos planning?

1088

What is a Pivot?

1140

1.WHAT IS XML SPECIFICATION WHAT IS PURPOSE,WHERE YOU ARE GOING TO USE.2 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RENDER VARIABLE AND CONDITIONAL BLOCK.3.WHAT IS LINK AND SEGMENT.4.WHAT IS CONDITIONAL LAYOUT.5. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DETAIL FILTER AND SUMMERY FILTER AND HOW YOU ARE GOING DEFINE IN SQL (DETAIL AND SUMMARY FILTER ).. WELL THESE QUESTION I BEEN FACED IN IBM COULD SOMEBODY GET SOLUTIONS PLZ..THANKS IN ADVANCE

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